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I forgot the Rossi can be had in stainless. Those are fairly hard to find?My stainless Rossi is much lighter than my stainless Marlin.
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I forgot the Rossi can be had in stainless. Those are fairly hard to find?My stainless Rossi is much lighter than my stainless Marlin.
Sporting Systems had one last time I went in but they were proud of it.I forgot the Rossi can be had in stainless. Those are fairly hard to find?
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I'm going to order a replacement from Chiappa, but in the mean time, I added back the lost inches and wrapped some leather around the repair.
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I have not looked for one in years. Bought mine a long time ago.I forgot the Rossi can be had in stainless. Those are fairly hard to find?
I forgot the Rossi can be had in stainless. Those are fairly hard to find?
Sporting Systems had one last time I went in but they were proud of it.
I have not looked for one in years. Bought mine a long time ago.
Good to know.I had to do a little digging to find ours, but it wasn't something super unobtanium.
The '92 action is superior to the '73, so I would pick a '92 clone based on that alone.Been reading everything I can on this site as well as others, so I have it down to 2 models from 3 different manufacturers. The purpose for this rifle is just an all around general purpose woods bumming gun. Not a serious hunter, though this rifle may be pressed into that role from time to time. Punching tin cans and such. I'm quite happy with the .357 and know its limitations. I do reload that round but I keep it reasonable. I have a 1894 but the long action adapted to the short rounds does have issues. That dinky, cheesy little cartridge stop has caused me no end of trouble. Would like a suitable fix for it but no luck so far.
So, to shorten this up, this is what I'm looking at and would like to hear your opinions on these. Looking for tough, rugged, reliable, But most of all, QUALITY. Think months on end in the wild places with no spare parts. Pretty is good as long as I get the other priorities met first, but pretty is far from the deciding factor. Not mounting a scope so that doesn't matter either. Has to be a side loader. I'm open to a higher price as long as it's what I want.
Model 1873 or Model 1892. 20 or 24 inch is good either way
Winchester/Miroku
Uberti
Cimarron
I'm open to suggestions as long as they meet my listed requirements and are high end quality.
What say you??
I have several Japchesters (1885,
1886) and they are really well finished and are real smooth. I have a Rossi in 45LC that feels like it was milled by termites.
If it twer me, I would buy the Winchester 1892 Short Rifle. Same size as the Carbine, but without the saddle ring. Has a nice steel foreend cap. Looks sharp.
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Winchester rifle made in JapanEnlighten me......what did you mean by the description "Japchester"?
As a disabled vet born 4th generation of Japanese descent, it is not pleasantI have several Japchesters (1885,
1886) and they are really well finished and are real smooth. I have a Rossi in 45LC that feels like it was milled by termites.
If it twer me, I would buy the Winchester 1892 Short Rifle. Same size as the Carbine, but without the saddle ring. Has a nice steel foreend cap. Looks sharp.
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I can't bring myself to buy a lever gun with a manual safety. Even the new Miroku Winchester special editions have a tang safety staring up at you and ruining the elaborate tang engraving from the early 1900's tang trademarks.